Act IV-V

Act four opens up with Le Bret and the rest of the soldiers struggling to find any source of food. Meanwhile, Cyrano is trying to keep good on the promise he made with Roxanne by continuing to send Christians letters to her. As time passes by more and more soldiers start getting homesick, but Cyrano tries to help the situation by performing a song. Later De Guiche arrives and talks to Cyrano about the attack the Spaniards have planned. Act four ends with Roxanne going to visit Christian, but when she arrives they ask her to leave because they are about to battle the Spaniards.

Act five is fifteen years later where Roxanne now is a nun at the Convent of the Ladies of the Cross in Paris. Now Roxanne and De Guiche are having a conversation and some of the topics include Cyrano and her love for Christian. Cyrano than arrives to see Roxanne even though he has a broken skull. As Cyrano is dying he reads the last letter he wrote to Roxanne, an d then Roxanne realizes that it was Cyrano writing the letters the whole time but he denies it. Soon after Cyrano de Bergerac dies in the arms of Roxanne.

Act four and five are vital to the play because Roxanne finds out about Christian and Cyrano dies too. Roxanne finding about a Christian was important because she finally found out that it was Cyrano that had all those emotional feelings towards her. Lastly Act five reveals the tragic death of Cyrano after getting hit in the head and breaking his skull. Cyrano’s death was important because as he is dying Roxanne finally realizes that it was Cyrano she loved the whole time.

One new word I came across was cadets. A cadet is defined as a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship. (dictionary.com). The cadets were preparing to battle the other soldiers.